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"[The Florida] Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles ... is canceling Steven Miles's personalized per·son·al·ize  
tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es
1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner.

2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify.
 license plate because, apparently, it is `obscene Offensive to recognized standards of decency.

The term obscene is applied to written, verbal, or visual works or conduct that treat sex in an objectionable or lewd or lascivious manner.
 or objectionable,'" reports The Independent Florida Alligator alligator, large aquatic reptile of the genus Alligator, in the same order as the crocodile. There are two species—a large type found in the S United States and a small type found in E China. Alligators differ from crocodiles in several ways. . "The folks at the Department ... say it has gotten scores of letters in protest of Miles's plate that reads `ATHIEST.' So many, that officials have not only canceled the plate, they have ordered Miles to send the plate to them."
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Date:Mar 1, 2003
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